The paper investigated the buckling of cantilevered Timoshenko columns whose cross-sectional flexural and shear rigidities and axial forces were varied along length.Finite element method was used to carry out buckling analysis.Physical and geometrical stiffness matrices were derived for elements with linearly varied rigidities and axial forces.In presenting the results, buckling of Timoshenko columns was understood as interactive buckling between flexural and shear buckling.and the interactive curves were presented.Approximate formulas for critical loads of cantilevered Timoshenko columns with linearly varied rigidities and linearly varied axial forces along length were presented, which could be used in determining the coefficient of second-order effect.
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